[Rick Lee]

When I worked at a tiny convenience store in college, I regularly saw losers come in with food stamps and buy a piece of Bazooka bubble gum or a pretzel or whatever with food stamps to get change to buy smokes or booze. One time a bum with a big carry out bag from McD's, steam still coming out of it, came up and bought a bunch of such little things and total came out to something like $3.05. He handed me a $5 food stamp. So I took a nickel out of the penny dish and handed him two $1 food stamps back. He got really bent out of shape, started yelling, and cursing. I said, "What's the problem? I'm giving you a nickel?" He said, "I don't take freebies from no one." I said, "What do you call these?" as I held up his food stamps. Then he demanded to speak to my boss. I gave him my boss's name and number, said "tell him Richard sent you" and "get the f&ck out of my store already". A few other customers broke into applause and I never heard from the bum again.